diff --git a/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh b/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
index fe6893b90..71002d9f1 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ fi
 run_test suite test/nvmf/target/nmic.sh
 run_test suite test/nvmf/target/rpc.sh
 run_test suite test/nvmf/target/fio.sh
+run_test suite test/nvmf/target/bdevio.sh
 
 timing_enter host
 
diff --git a/test/nvmf/target/bdevio.sh b/test/nvmf/target/bdevio.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..be4972a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nvmf/target/bdevio.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
+rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
+source $rootdir/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+source $rootdir/test/nvmf/common.sh
+
+MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE=64
+MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE=512
+
+rpc_py="$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
+
+set -e
+
+# pass the parameter 'iso' to this script when running it in isolation to trigger rdma device initialization.
+# e.g. sudo ./bdev_io_wait.sh iso
+nvmftestinit $1
+
+RDMA_IP_LIST=$(get_available_rdma_ips)
+NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP=$(echo "$RDMA_IP_LIST" | head -n 1)
+if [ -z $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP ]; then
+	echo "no NIC for nvmf test"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+timing_enter bdevio
+timing_enter start_nvmf_tgt
+
+$NVMF_APP -m 0xF &
+nvmfpid=$!
+
+trap "process_shm --id $NVMF_APP_SHM_ID; killprocess $nvmfpid; nvmftestfini $1; exit 1" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+waitforlisten $nvmfpid
+timing_exit start_nvmf_tgt
+
+modprobe -v nvme-rdma
+
+$rpc_py nvmf_create_transport -t RDMA -u 8192 -p 4
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE -b Malloc0
+$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_create nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -a -s SPDK00000000000001
+$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_ns nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 Malloc0
+$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_listener  nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -t rdma -a $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP -s 4420
+
+echo "[Nvme]" > $testdir/bdevperf.conf
+echo "  TransportID \"trtype:RDMA adrfam:IPv4 subnqn:nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 traddr:$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP trsvcid:4420\" Nvme0" >> $testdir/bdevperf.conf
+
+$rootdir/test/bdev/bdevio/bdevio -c $testdir/bdevperf.conf
+
+rm -rf $testdir/bdevperf.conf
+$rpc_py delete_nvmf_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1
+
+trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+nvmfcleanup
+killprocess $nvmfpid
+nvmftestfini $1
+timing_exit bdev_io_wait